4 Ways to Avoid Cyber ​​Crime

Blog Share-  4 Ways to Avoid Cyber ​​Crime. According to the Norton Cybercrime Report 2012 Internet users fear e-mail account compromised. This was disclosed by Rita Nurtika, Consumer Sales Manager, Indonesia, Norton by Symantec,

Based on the results of a survey conducted to 13 018 Internet users aged 18 to 64 years, 27 percent said they worried about the e-mails they infiltrated.

Interestingly, only 15 percent of respondents who claimed to worry if their bank accounts compromised.

Why Internet users are more worried if their e-mail accounts burglarized compared with bank accounts that in fact can make users lose money?

"E-mail contains a lot of information work, billing statements, personal photos, and much more. Many gap (crime) which can be entered only through e-mail," said Nurtika.

To prevent crime happening in the virtual world, such as e-mail account dibobolnya, Norton has some easy tips. Some of them are:

1. Create a complex password.

Do not use the name or date of birth as a password. We recommend using a password with a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols. Change passwords regularly also. This applies to all types of accounts, be it e-mail, and social media.

2. Continue to check the credit card data and bank data on a regular basis.

Currently, many bank transaction data is sent via e-mail. Therefore, it would not hurt you to check transactions on a regular basis.

This is done so that you can quickly find out if there is a transaction that is not fair. If you use a credit card, you can directly contact the bank and do the blocking.

You can also submit a complaint to the bank so that the transaction can be canceled.

3. Do not carelessly clicking a link.

Nowadays, many links that can direct you to a phishing site. The site is very similar to the original site. The difference lies in the site address. For example, there is a site with a name www.faceb00k.com. Such sites are used to steal usernames and passwords from victims.

If you get an e-mail containing a link from a suspicious person, you should immediately delete the e-mail.

4. Up-date antivirus keeps you.

Antivirus today not only serves as a deterrent and killer malicious programs. Antivirus can also be used to protect you in internet activity. Antivirus can tell whether a link and malicious sites or not.